The Port Macquarie surfer who fought off a four-metre white shark is in a serious but stable condition, while Lighthouse Beach has reopened to swimmers and surfers.
Port Macquarie surfer Toby Begg is recovering in hospital after being bitten by a four-metre white shark, while the beach where it happened has reopened after a 24-hour closure.a shark bit his legs and lower body
A family member, Chris Lenihan, has started a fundraising page to collect money for Begg’s family, saying his “injuries are extremely serious and life changing”. Begg’s former colleagues at the local fire service also posted a tribute and fundraiser on Facebook for the former on-call firefighter. Toby Begg was bitten by a shark at Lighthouse Beach in Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid North Coast on Friday morning.
The Department of Primary Industries, the state agency partly responsible for animal emergencies, advised police that, given the bite marks on the board, the shark in question was likely a white shark sized between 3.8 and 4.2 metres.Lighthouse Beach has two SMART drumlines – standing for Shark-Management-Alert-In-Real-Time – which consists of an anchor, two buoys and a satellite-linked GPS communications unit attached to a hook baited with one sea mullet.
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